My appreciation for the atheist contrarian Christopher Hitchens was cemented by a Vanity Fair article entitled "Unspoken Truths" that was written shortly before his death. The piece chronicled his experience losing the ability to speak as the cancer attacked his vocal chords. In it Hitchens expressed a core value that had been subconscious all my life: "For me, to remember … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Reprioritizes Friendship As One of the Most Important Things in Life
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Beatnik Christianity Believes the Meaning of Life Is Best Captured By Connection
People pursue the ultimate meaning by many pathways. A sampling of the more well-known trails are bolstering the well-being of one's ancestral tribe, maximizing pleasureful experiences, serving others self-sacrificially, submitting to God's will, rejoining the Oneness of the universe, living in harmony with the natural world, achieving autonomy from the constraints imposed by … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Believes the Meaning of Life Is Best Captured By Connection
Beatnik Christianity Unshackles the Liberal Arts Education
Over the centuries, much has been said and written about Christian humanism and, along with it, the immense value of a liberal arts education that's grounded in a Christian worldview. It's an indescribably rich source for spiritual formation. It's my conviction that Jesus followers of all ages should be encouraged to study diverse fields like theology, philosophy, history, … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Unshackles the Liberal Arts Education
Beatnik Christianity Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable
The two careers I seriously considered in high school were journalist and pastor. Perhaps it's unsurprising, then, that I'd eventually bring them together with a journalistic philosophy within pastoral ministry. It was in a course on The Life and Work of the Pastor at Baylor's Truett Seminary that I first encountered the idea that a pastor's responsibility is to … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable
